Contractor Project Manager
MUFG Investor ServicesIreland2 days ago
ContractRemote FriendlyProject Management
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Company Description
MUFG Investor Services provides asset servicing solutions to the global investment management industry. Leveraging the financial and intellectual capital of MUFG – one of the largest banks in the world with $2.9 trillion in assets – we provide clients access to a range of leading solutions from fund administration, middle-office outsourcing, custody, foreign exchange, trustee services and depository to securities lending and other banking services.
With a diverse and dynamic network of offices across the globe, MUFG Investor Services provides challenging and rewarding careers. We achieve this by offering continuous learning and development, collaborative teamwork environment, promotion of work-life integration, and exposure to a wide variety of work.
Imagine your future at MUFG Investor Services where you can grow professionally, in a diverse and inclusive workplace that rewards your contribution.
The successful candidates will have the opportunity to collaborate, build and succeed as part of a team of high performing professionals, and the ability to share challenges and rewards that come from working with a dynamic group of entrepreneurial thinkers who come from diverse background and fields of specialty with a passion for growing business
Our Project Managers demonstrate a high level of technical, industry knowledge and skills, specifically in the areas of Project Management within Financial Services, Wealth Management and Fund Services
You will be ambitious, enthusiastic and adaptable with the ability to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment. You have solid working experience and a deep understanding of the processes within Fund Services, Wealth Management or Financial Services. You will need to be confident, ambitious and have the ability to wear multiple hats and adapt to fast changing needs and environments while working independently.
Job Description
A Project Manager at MUFG IS is an influential change agent/trusted advisor with business and technology stakeholders, driving and implementing organizational priorities that add value. Project Managers play a key role in the projects’ early initiation phase (i.e., business case development) to the structuring of the project, and implementation and hand off to BAU. To be effective in their role, Project Managers must
Key Responsibilities Include
Qualifications
At MUFG Investor Services, we are exceptionally proud of our approach to Hybrid Working. It enables the flexibility to thrive from wherever our employees work and, stay connected to their team and our culture. When we make Hybrid Working plans, we get to know the individual and pride ourselves in underpinning all our decisions with fairness and consistency.
MUFG Investor Services provides all of its employees with an extremely attractive compensation package. In addition to base salary, there is a group medical insurance scheme, group pension scheme, reimbursement of professional subscriptions, paid holidays and assistance towards gym memberships.
We thank all candidates for applying; however, only those proceeding to the interview stage will be contacted. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only to provide an accessible candidate experience.
MUFG Investor Services provides asset servicing solutions to the global investment management industry. Leveraging the financial and intellectual capital of MUFG – one of the largest banks in the world with $2.9 trillion in assets – we provide clients access to a range of leading solutions from fund administration, middle-office outsourcing, custody, foreign exchange, trustee services and depository to securities lending and other banking services.
With a diverse and dynamic network of offices across the globe, MUFG Investor Services provides challenging and rewarding careers. We achieve this by offering continuous learning and development, collaborative teamwork environment, promotion of work-life integration, and exposure to a wide variety of work.
Imagine your future at MUFG Investor Services where you can grow professionally, in a diverse and inclusive workplace that rewards your contribution.
The successful candidates will have the opportunity to collaborate, build and succeed as part of a team of high performing professionals, and the ability to share challenges and rewards that come from working with a dynamic group of entrepreneurial thinkers who come from diverse background and fields of specialty with a passion for growing business
Our Project Managers demonstrate a high level of technical, industry knowledge and skills, specifically in the areas of Project Management within Financial Services, Wealth Management and Fund Services
You will be ambitious, enthusiastic and adaptable with the ability to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment. You have solid working experience and a deep understanding of the processes within Fund Services, Wealth Management or Financial Services. You will need to be confident, ambitious and have the ability to wear multiple hats and adapt to fast changing needs and environments while working independently.
Job Description
A Project Manager at MUFG IS is an influential change agent/trusted advisor with business and technology stakeholders, driving and implementing organizational priorities that add value. Project Managers play a key role in the projects’ early initiation phase (i.e., business case development) to the structuring of the project, and implementation and hand off to BAU. To be effective in their role, Project Managers must
- be resourceful and be strong relationship managers; Building strong working relationships with the project and organizational stakeholders at every level of the organization must be second nature,
- Bring a blend of strong execution expertise and business knowledge,
- be adept at mitigating and managing risk,
- have excellent communication, impact/influence and facilitation abilities.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Ensure successful, timely and effective delivery of change projects
- Develop project plans, budgets and schedules, manage tasks and teams on the project’s critical path
- Responsible for scope control with stakeholders, task execution with the project team and relevant upward communication to managers and senior stakeholders
- Helps define process improvements and feedback for the project, including any strategies required for timely execution
- Gather or track the completion of necessary artifacts required for development of each project, including but not limited to risk assessments, technical architecture drawings, requirements, design specifications, testing, change plans, etc.
- Provide feedback to project stakeholders, including specification feedback, issue escalation to managers or scope changes/clarifications to project resources
- Update relevant project information and work across all departments to deliver projects that align to the organization's strategic vision
- Assess and manage risks and issues, take corrective measures
- Guard the viability of the vision and the business case
- Flexibility to attend to urgent matters outside of normal business hours if/when needed
Qualifications
- Must have a Financial Services background, preferably Fund Administration or Banking
- Must have 5+ years’ experience managing projects across business and technology
- Experience of delivering Regulatory projects an advantage
- Demonstrated technical and business project Management skills
- Proven track record of effectively managing and delivering multiple projects on-time, within scope and on budget
- Successful track record in working with business and technology teams to define, develop, test and launch new products/services
- Experience in authoring project plans, building a project budget and technical requirements
- Experience with Agile, Lean, Waterfall, hybrid and other project management methodologies are beneficial
- Experience with Smartsheets, Jira, Confluence project management tools are an asset
- Ideally certified or studying towards a relevant professional Project Management certification (PMP, Scrum/Agile certificates)
At MUFG Investor Services, we are exceptionally proud of our approach to Hybrid Working. It enables the flexibility to thrive from wherever our employees work and, stay connected to their team and our culture. When we make Hybrid Working plans, we get to know the individual and pride ourselves in underpinning all our decisions with fairness and consistency.
MUFG Investor Services provides all of its employees with an extremely attractive compensation package. In addition to base salary, there is a group medical insurance scheme, group pension scheme, reimbursement of professional subscriptions, paid holidays and assistance towards gym memberships.
We thank all candidates for applying; however, only those proceeding to the interview stage will be contacted. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only to provide an accessible candidate experience.
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